novelraw Chapter 997: A Twist of Fate After the 997 Crisis
Chapter 997: A Twist of Fate After the 997 Crisis
I didn’t expect it to get better so quickly. Doctor Sun’s medical skills are truly extraordinary. Well, of course, Young Master Ye and our young master’s cultivation methods are even more extraordinary. Otherwise, relying on him alone, he wouldn’t be able to handle it even if you forced him to death.Just as they were thinking this, they realized they were wrong.
They saw that the black aura on Yu Qingwan’s face grew increasingly dense, revealing an expression of extreme pain. Even in her unconscious state, her body was trembling constantly.
"Not good, that mysterious poison is fully manifesting now!" Doctor Sun exclaimed in shock, his face turning extremely grim.
Mu Hanyan was also taken aback. Even without Doctor Sun’s words, she could feel it—a series of Yin Cold Energy, filled with corrosive intent, erupting violently like a volcano from the intact meridians and Qi Sea within Yu Qingwan’s body. Even the mysterious force innate to her couldn’t resist it.
If it continued like this, perhaps in less than seven and a half minutes, Yu Qingwan’s meridians, Qi Sea, and internal organs would all be destroyed by that mysterious poison, leading to certain death.
If a member of the Guiyu Clan were present, they would seize this opportunity to extract the mysterious power within her body, using an evil spell to prolong the spread of the poison, at least temporarily extending Yu Qingwan’s life, albeit causing her more suffering. But they had no idea what evil spell the Guiyu Clan used, making it impossible to even temporarily extend her life.
"Mr. Sun, what should we do now?" Family Head Fang noticed things were amiss and asked in shock.
"There’s no other way but to sever her meridians as quickly as possible and expel the toxins from her body, or else her life can’t be saved." Doctor Sun’s words were as much a reminder to himself as to Family Head Fang.
As Doctor Sun spoke, he swiftly performed a technique, his hands moving with practiced ease. Streaks of substantive Qi Light appeared, severing several of Yu Qingwan’s meridians one by one.
Mu Hanyan also operated her Heavenly Heart Energy, trying to suppress that mysterious poison. Thanks to the Heavenly Heart Technique’s ability to draw power from all things for personal use, she wasn’t afraid of this poison. However, the toxicity was too Yin Cold and fierce for her to absorb and refine; she could only temporarily slow its eruption.
While suppressing the poison, Mu Hanyan closely monitored the condition of Yu Qingwan’s internal meridians with her Divine Sense.
One had to admire Doctor Sun’s medical skills. Even in such a critical moment, he maintained his composure, his techniques still deft and proficient. Though each severed meridian was cut inch by inch, they were not entirely disconnected, and there were no errors.
However, despite Doctor Sun’s exquisite technique, his speed was always a step slow. The speed of severing the meridians couldn’t keep up with the spread of the poison.
Seeing things taking a turn for the worse, Doctor Sun once again took out a Golden Needle and displayed the Golden Needle Soul Piercing Technique, forcibly concentrating his Divine Sense.
In the blink of an eye, Doctor Sun’s face contorted in pain, a thin layer of white mist rising from his body, yet his eyes shone with more brilliance, and his techniques sped up a bit.
Unfortunately, that speed was still insufficient.
The black aura on Yu Qingwan’s face became more concentrated, a sign of the poison attacking her heart. The only reason she hadn’t died immediately was due to Zirong’s vitality barely supporting her.
Thus, the pressure on Zirong grew heavier, her face gradually turning ashen gray, even a layer of black aura emerging.
Ye Lanfeng’s situation was also dire, quickly forming hand gestures to maintain the seal. Still, even his seal seemed increasingly unable to suppress the continuously erupting mysterious poison, sweat gradually seeping through his clothes.
"Not good!" Huayue’s heart trembled, involuntarily crying out.
If this continued, not only would Yu Qingwan’s life be in danger, Zirong would likely succumb to the poison as well. Even Ye Lanfeng and Mu Hanyan might suffer greatly from the backfire of the seal. What could be done?
Everyone stared intently at Doctor Sun, hoping he could save the lives of Yu Qingwan and Zirong, and ensure that Ye Lanfeng and Mu Hanyan remained unharmed.
Unfortunately, even after Doctor Sun twice performed the Golden Needle Soul Piercing and continually condensed his Divine Soul, his technique speed was still inadequate. The black aura on Yu Qingwan’s face grew thicker, while the expressions of Zirong and Ye Lanfeng worsened. The only one appearing slightly at ease was Mu Hanyan, but once Yu Qingwan died from the poison, his fate under the backlash of the seal might not be any better than the others.
Huayue and the others were drenched in sweat from anxiety, but utterly ignorant of medical skills—they couldn’t help, even at the cost of their lives, only feeling their hearts continually sinking.
Doctor Sun also realized the situation had reached a critical point, life hanging by a thread. He took out another golden needle, seemingly ready to perform the Golden Needle Soul Piercing Technique once more.
With his constitution and cultivation, twice was the limit; he couldn’t predict the consequences if he did it a third time. But he couldn’t worry about that now.
Seeing Doctor Sun ready to stake it all, Huayue and the others felt a flicker of hope.
But soon after, their hopes plunged into an Ice Valley. Doctor Sun had just pricked his scalp with the golden needle and hadn’t even pierced the acupuncture point when he screamed in agony, convulsing on the ground.
Clearly, his body’s potential had reached its pinnacle, and the forcibly enhanced Divine Sense had also reached its limit, unable to withstand the third Golden Needle Soul Piercing.
Huayue and the others felt a buzzing in their heads, their expressions turned utterly dismal.
Huayue rushed forward, lifting Doctor Sun and stuffing an elixir into his mouth.
"It’s over, it’s all over..." After taking the elixir, Doctor Sun stopped convulsing, but his entire body continued to tremble. It was evident that even though Huayue administered the elixir in time, preventing any potential aftereffects with luck, he was unlikely to recover soon, unable to continue the Blocking Meridians technique.
Huayue’s face was filled with desolation. Locking eyes with Jiang Yuzhe, both saw the despair reflected in each other’s gaze.
"Young Master Mu, you..." Just then, they heard Family Head Fang’s exclamation and turned to see, rubbing their eyes in disbelief at what they witnessed.
At some point, Mu Hanyan had stood up, his hands moving rapidly, sending out streams of Qi from his palms, emitting a mysterious and sacred glow.
Although his strength was insufficient and his cultivation technique relatively lacking, they couldn’t perform Concentrating Inner Vision like Mu Hanyan, but just by seeing where the Qi landed, they knew it marked the meridians within Yu Qingwan’s body.
How was this possible? As far as they knew, Mu Hanyan had never studied medicine, just like them, yet how could he perform such a technique?